Antoine replaces Simon Perry as President of the European Producers organisation.
Lead producer and managing director of Paris based production company Les Films d’Antoine, Antoine Simkine became a member of ACE in 2008 and joined the ACE Board in 2016. He has over 30 years of experience in the industry, having worked as a first AD and line producer before co-founding the VFX Production company DUBOI. In 2004 he founded Les Films d’Antoine, where he has produced and co-produced feature films which have been presented in Berlin, Sundance, Karlovy Vary and Toronto.
Members of the ACE Network also recently voted to elect the ACE Executive Board which includes David Collins of Samson Films.
Irish members of the organisation who recently had films screening at the Fleadh include Macdara Kelleher (Black 47), Ed Guiney (Disobedience) and Conor Barry (Good Favour).